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Qasim Ali Zaidi CREATIVE CRITICAL REFLECTION
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Creative critical reflection zaidi

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Qasim Ali Zaidi

CREATIVE CRITICAL REFLECTION

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Q1. HOW DOES YOUR PRODUCT USE OR CHALLENGE CONVENTIONS AND HOW DO

THEY REPRESENT SOCIAL GROUPS OR ISSUES?

The genre of my horror film opening “The Room” is horror/Thriller, and has not challenged any conventions. I have named my film The Room to describe it in a vague manner, basing the teenage boy being haunted by a female ghost who lives in the bed room I think the name will attract audience as the name itself is catchy.

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I decided to create a horror film as I was into horror/thrillers from the start. Some of my shots were inspired from a well known movie, “The Conjuring”, as shown below:

Shots from The Conjuring Shots from The Room

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The Conventions used in my horror film are:1. A ghost, which is a must. I wanted to create a feeling of

suspense and thus did not disclose the face of the ghost. I showed the ghost as a female as in most horror films, the ghost/creatures are mostly females for example, The conjuring, The nun, The ring etc.

2. Haunting occurring in night time and hence I showed the time around 3AM.

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3. I used low key lighting, which enhanced my horror effect. Low key lighting was used in mostly all of my shots.

4. I have used creepy non-digetic music, whenever a horror scene is occurring, the clock sound, which was one of the traditional conventions of a horror film.

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I personally think that this genre, amongst others like romantic, comedy, action etc, has something that engages audience, of all groups and social class and I wanted something that every individual would be able to relate at some point. So from here , what I believe, the concept of “The Room” originated and happens to be genre of my video for the Cambridge international examinations.

Teenage Kids Young adults

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Q2. HOW DOES YOUR PRODUCT ENGAGE WITH AUDIENCES AND HOW

WOULD IT BE DISTRIBUTED AS A REAL MEDIA TEXT

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TARGETED AUDIENCE:

• “The Room” targets a wide range of audience from every social class and ethnicity.

• Age varies from 15-50• I kept my age limit 15 as some horror scenes may leave

a bad impact on children.• Not more than 50 because people loose interest at this

age and some horror scenes may leave to serious medical conditions.

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Due to the rapid increase in technology, people ask for more. Horror is one of those genre which does not have a separate audience for it. Horror scenes are the same for everyone. People nowadays want advancement in movies such as IMAX, 3D etc. I want my audience to have a real time experience and for that I want my movie to be a 3D movie. This will enhance the experience of the audience, they would be able to have a better experience as now I will be able to show them what I desired in the first place.

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DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES

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WARNER BROS.• American Film studio

• Since April 4th 1923

• Located in Hollywood at sunset Boulevard

• Founded by Sam Warner, Jack L. Warner, Harry Warner, Albert Warner

• Members of motion pictures

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For distribution I would like to join hand with Warner Bros. Reason for that is that, the type of movie The Room is, it needs

distributors to have interest to promote and distribute this kind of movie. WarnerBros is known for promoting various different kinds

of movies and genre. Moreover, this distribution company is famous for

introducing new directors to the world of , movies and promoting low budget movies to a large number of audience. For these reasons I would prefer WarnerBros over

other production companies.

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Q3. How did your production skills develop throughout this project?

When I first chose media, it was mainly because of my interest in it. I always used to get fascinated by the drama and intensity a film gives you. Later on it became my obsession to shoot short films and take pictures of the nature. After I opted for media as my core subject, I learned the art of framing, lights, sound and many other things that broadened my mind. All of the things I studied in my media class helped me enhance my perspective and taught me to look at things in a different manner.

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HEADROOM

The first thing we learned in our media class was headroom. Headroom refers specifically to the distance between the top of the subject’s head and the top of the frame. I never knew what a headroom was and after learning about the headroom I noticed that my framing looked more enhanced and better. Headroom is one of the most basic and important things in framing. This was the first step I took towards my media career.

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THE RULE OF THIRDThe next new thing I learned after the headroom was the rule of third. The rule of third is applied by aligning a subject with the guide lines and their intersection points, placing the horizon on the top or bottom line, or allowing linear features in the image to flow from section to section. The rule of third helped me capture my object along with the scenario. The use of the rule of third helped me in many of my projects, creating a talk show was one of them.

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TYPES OF CAMERA ANGLES.

Firstly there is the extreme wide shot. In the extreme wide shot, the view is so far from the subject that she/he isn't even visible. The point of this shot is to show the subject's surroundings. This shot is often used as an "establishing shot" - the first shot of a new scene, designed to show the audience where the action is taking place.

Following it is the Dutch angle. The Dutch angle, also known as Dutch tilt, is a type of camera shot where the camera is set at an angle on its roll axis so that the shot is composed with vertical lines at an angle to the side of the frame

Next comes the mid shot. The mid shot is a shot taken from a medium distance. Headroom and the rule of third is used in this shot.

Another important angle is the high angle. A high-angle shot is a cinematic technique where the camera looks down on the subject from a high angle and the point of focus often gets "swallowed up." High-angle shots can make the subject seem vulnerable or powerless when applied with the correct mood, setting, and effects.

Following the high angle is low angle. A low-angle shot, is a shot from a camera angle positioned low on the vertical axis, anywhere below the eye line, looking up. Sometimes, it is even directly below the subject's feet. Psychologically, the effect of the low-angle shot is that it makes the subject look strong and powerful.

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Dutch Angle Low Angle

Point of view (POV)

Mid shot(rule of third applied) High angle

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LIGHTING

• After learning different camera angles we started learning about lighting. Lighting is one of the main aspects for creating an effect. Lighting can either make your or break your product. There are many different ways to produce an effect using the lights. There are low key lightings and high key lightings.

• Low key lighting is mostly used in horror movies and thus I used low key lighting. It helped me create my effect of a scary movie.

• High key lighting is used mostly in adventures, romantic and action films.

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Q4. HOW DID YOU INTEGRATE TECHNOLOGIES IN THIS PROJECT?

After receiving our media course for the cie, we started working on our projects. The first thing we were asked was to create a blog on any site that we find user friendly. This was the first time I worked on a blog. To be honest, I was really concerned because I had never made a blog, I had to shoot and edit on my own. When I started my research I figured out that Tumblr is my type of blog as it is user friendly and hence I worked on Tumblr. I believe that Tumblr should be used by other students as well, as it is easy to use, can upload mass of data and can be shared globally.

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MUSIC

Music is one of the key elements that helped me create my horror film effect. The music I have used in my horror film was inspired from a very popular film “The Conjuring”. The music was downloaded from YouTube and other sounds such as the Grandfather clock sound was downloaded from Dailymotion.

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EDITING

The software I used to edit my movie was Windows Movie maker. Windows Movie maker is the software that I found most user friendly along with all the effects and animation I needed. I started my video with the Warnerbros opening theme which I downloaded from Youtube. The animations I mostly used in my shots were “cross fade”, “ fade through white” and “fade through black”.

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Making of “The Room”

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HARDWARE

As I already had the passion do to photography and make short films, I did not face many problems while using the hardware and they were easily available for me. I used a tripod, my Canon 600D and my iphone to shoot my film. The point of view shot (POV) was taken from my phone while all the other ones were taken from my camera.